1. Combined Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Double Bundle Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction 
Assem Mohamed Noureldin Zein, M.D., Mohamed Elshafie, M.D., Ahmed Nady Saleh Elsaid, M.D., Mohamed Ahmed Elsaid Elrefai, M.D. 
Arthroscopy Techniques 
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages e1229-e1238 (August 2017)
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2. Fig 1
Surgical landmarks. (A) Lateral image of the right knee with the patient supine showing the landmarks for ALL reconstruction. The dotted red line represents the joint line. The red points numbered 1 and 2 represent the sites for the guide pins of each bundle of the ALL. (B) Front image of the right knee with the patient supine showing landmarks for the arthroscopic portals. (AAM, accessory anteromedial portal; ALL, anterolateral ligament; FH, fibular head; GT, Gerdy's tubercle; HAL, high anterolateral; HAM, high anteromedial; LFE, lateral femoral epicondyle; PT, patellar tendon and the patella; TT, tibial tuberosity.)
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3. Fig 2
Steps of hamstring graft harvesting and preparation from the right leg; the patient is supine. (A) Semitendinosus and gracilis tendons are identified and harvested with an open striper through a small incision in the proximal tibia. (B) The 2 tendons are released from their proximal attachment. The red arrow points to the semitendinosus and the yellow arrow points to the gracilis tendons. (C) The 2 tendons are doubled over the U-shaped loop (red arrow), and the whole length is measured. (D) The diameter of the doubled tendons is measured.
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4. Fig 3
Knee position and arthroscopic landmarks for the femoral and tibial tunnel position. (A) Image of the right knee with the leg hanging off the table and the foot supported by the surgeon's knee. Viewing through the HAL portal with the standard tibial guide in the AAM portal. (B) Arthroscopic view of the right knee showing the tip of the standard ACL tibial guide in the anatomic tibial footprint of the ACL in line with the posterior border of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus (AHLM) (yellow line), while viewing through the HAL portal. (C) Arthroscopic view of the right knee while viewing through the HAL portal showing the tibial guide and the tibial guide pin in the anatomic tibial footprint of the ACL; the tibial ACL footprint is outlined with a red dotted circle. (D) Image of the right knee on the supine position while the knee is flexed 90° (the 2 yellow lines) and the foot rests on the table while viewing through the HAM portal showing outside-in drilling of the femoral guide pin. (E) Arthroscopic view of the right knee while viewing through the HAM portal showing the medial wall of the lateral femoral condyle and the tip of the standard ACL tibial guide in the anatomic point of the femoral attachment of the ACL on the medial wall of the lateral femoral condyle, posterior to the resident ridge. The guide is introduced through the HAL portal. (F) Arthroscopic view of the right knee while viewing through the HAM portal showing the medial wall of the lateral femoral condyle with the tip of the femoral guide pin in the anatomic femoral attachment of the ACL. (AAM, accessory anteromedial portal; ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; HAL, high anterolateral; HAM, high anteromedial, LFC, lateral femoral condyle; MFC, medial femoral condyle; PCL, posterior cruciate ligament.)
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5. Fig 4
Knee position while creating the femoral and tibial tunnels. (A) Image and arthroscopic view of the right knee with the patient supine and knee flexed 90°; the foot rests on the table, and skin and iliotibial band (ITB) are incised down to bone. Skin incision is centered over the previously determined skin landmark on the lateral femoral epicondyle. The femoral tunnel is created from outside in with a drill bit of the same graft diameter, while viewing through the HAM portal and with a curette inserted through the AAM portal for protection (yellow arrow). (B) Image and arthroscopic view of the right knee with the patient supine and knee flexed 90°; the foot rests on the table, and a shaver blade can be inserted from outside into the femoral tunnel so as to clear the tunnel from bone debris and to check the integrity of its walls. The femoral tunnel is created connecting the anatomic femoral attachment of the ALL on the lateral wall of the lateral femoral condyle, just proximal and posterior to the LFE to the anatomic femoral attachment of the ACL on the medial wall of the lateral femoral condyle. (C) Image and arthroscopic view of the right knee with the patient supine and knee hanging off the table with the foot of the patient being supported by the surgeon's knee. The scope is in the HAL portal; a curette is inserted from the AAM portal for protection (yellow arrow), while drilling the tibial tunnel with a drill bit of the same graft diameter. (AAM, accessory anteromedial portal; ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; ALL, anterolateral ligament; HAL, high anterolateral; HAM, high anteromedial, LFC, lateral femoral condyle; LFE, lateral femoral epicondyle.)
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6. Fig 5
Wire loop passage for the measurement of the required length for ACL and ALL reconstruction and for graft passage. (A) Image of the right knee with the patient supine and the leg hanging off the table. Two wire loops are introduced from outside into the joint through the femoral tunnel; then these 2 wire loops are retrieved outside the joint through the tibial tunnel by a probe or a grasper. The first wire loop (yellow arrow) is used to shuttle the free ends of a doubled Ethibond strand; this Ethibond strand is used to determine the required length for ACL and ALL reconstruction. (B) Image of the right knee with the patient supine and the leg hanging off the table. Four artery forceps are used to determine the length of the ACL and ALL. Artery forceps number 1 at the extra-articular aperture of the tibial tunnel. Artery forceps number 2 at the extra-articular aperture of the femoral tunnel. Artery forceps numbers 3 and 4 at the ends of each bundle of the ALL (midway between Gerdy's tubercle and the head of the fibula). (C) Image of the doubled graft over the U loop (yellow arrow). The length of the graft for the ACL and the 2 bundles of the ALL are compared with that on the Ethibond strand. The distance between artery forceps number 1 and forceps number 2 represents the part of the graft for ACL reconstruction, whereas the distance between artery forceps numbers 2, 3, and 4 represents the length of the graft for each bundle of the ALL. (D) Image of the sutured, doubled graft over the U loop (yellow arrow). The length of the graft for the ACL and the 2 bundles of the ALL are demonstrated. (E) Image of the right knee with the patient supine and the leg hanging off the table. The second wire loops is used to shuttle the traction suture attached to the other end of the graft (black arrow) for graft passage. (ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; ALL, anterolateral ligament.)
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7. Fig 6
Steps of ACL femoral fixation and ALL reconstruction. (A) Image of the right knee with the patient supine; the foot rests on the table and the knee is flexed 30° showing the outside-in fixation of the ACL with a biodegradable screw of the same tunnel size with a length of 25 mm. The screw is inserted in the proximal or anterior half of the tunnel. (B) Image of the right knee for demonstration and evaluation of the length of the 2 bundles of the ALL. (C) Image of the right knee demonstrating the site of the skin incision midway between Gerdy's tubercle and the head of the fibula. (D) Image of the right knee demonstrating the use of the standard tibial ACL guide for the insertion of the first guide pin for one of the 2 bundles of the ALL from lateral to medial. The guide is used to direct the pin away from the ACL tibial tunnel. (E) Image of the right knee demonstrating the insertion of the second guide pin for the other bundle of the 2 bundles of the ALL from lateral to medial. (F) Image of the right knee while a 6-mm drill bit is used to create the 2 tibial tunnels for the 2 bundles of the ALL while preserving a bone bridge in between the 2 tunnels on the medial tibial cortex. (ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; ALL, anterolateral ligament; FH, fibular head; GT, Gerdy's tubercle.)
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8. Fig 7
Steps of the double bundle anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction. (A) Image of the right knee with the patient supine; the knee is flexed 90° and the foot rests on the table, routing of the 2 bundles of the ALL under the iliotibial band (ITB). (B) Image of the right knee with the patient supine and knee flexed 90° and the foot resting on the table, shuttling the Ethibond of the 2 bundles of the ALL from lateral to medial. (C) Image of the right knee with the patient supine and knee flexed 30° and the foot resting on the table, tying the sutures of the 2 bundles of the ALL over the bone bridge on the medial tibial cortex.
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9. Fig 8
Cadaveric specimen of the right knee showing the anatomy of the ALL with its narrow proximal femoral attachment (proximal and posterior to the lateral femoral epicondyle [LFE]) and its broad distal tibial attachment (midway between Gerdy's tubercle [GT] and fibular head [FH]). The ALL is triangular or inverted Y in shape. In the specimen it is the structure marked with the 3 blue pin heads. The lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is the structure marked with the 2 orange pin heads. (ALL, anterolateral ligament; Po.T, Popliteus tendon.)
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